On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:39:10 -0500, John H.
wrote:

When my daughter dropped out of college and decided to make a nest in my
house, I started charging her $200 a month rent. For some reason she found
this hard to abide. So she moved into an apartment with several other
girls. That lasted about six months, and she then decided to return to
college. That entitled her to move back into the house. She then became a
nurse.


That's a good plan actually. When my oldest son wanted to live home
after college we charged him rent with the understanding that he'd get
it back if he went to graduate school. Not happy at the time but he's
a lawyer now.